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Zabedee

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Have you found your calling?

Not many people are willing to admit that they are not living their ideal life. Something is always not quite right. If you did not have to worry about income, family/cultural/religious expectations,how would you be spending your time on Earth?

My answer: traveling around the world, stopping in each country long enough to learn it's language(s), religion(s), and history.

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i think finding your calling is reaching what i would describe as an enlightened state of being as a human with the ability to tap into who you really are which has nothing to do with your physical body or what tasks or work you actually do here on earth. i guess i would call it having God going through you without the interferences of your ego. i believe this to be true but have not reached it. so many of the experiences i have had make me believe i am on this path because i have asked to be but i can see i cannot chose when this will happen. sometimes i think it would be easier to have not have wanted this for myself but i know i cannot ever go back. i have met a few people in this world who have reached this state. it is unmistakeable when you see it. none of them have really done anything really spectacular by society's standards but to me they help change the world and have helped change me or find who i really am.

My calling would be this... Finding a job/career which meets all the needs of my chosen obligations and interests (technology enthusiast, father, city dweller, husband, etc.)...at the same time, I would have a feeling of connectedness with my soul(even in repetitive tasks) and therefore be in a state of acceptance or enthusiasm almost all of the time while working. I've met many people who seemed to have achieved this and believe anyone can do it, but I have not. I do feel I get a little closer all the time to discovering it though, many times by realizing what doesn't work for me. Another way to say it=

Calling=personality aligned with soul in the form of employement

I'm not living my Ideal life at this moment,
But truly I am working towards that,
I'm writing constantly,
working on my albums I wish to record soon,
and preparing for my new life.
As of now I live with my parents,
And look like every other intelligent waste of space, on paper.
But my eyes long for the rest of the world,
a band,
a van,
lyrics on the go,
shows every night,
and a sense of longing.
In all reality I just really want to leave to see if I will even miss where I lived my entire life.
My bet is I won't.
And I'll start my new life elsewhere.
And Possibly never return to it.

I know what I enjoy doing, whether or not I'm compensated for it. if I feel it gives myself a lift or somebody else, then I have the desire to do it.

As we live through the stages of life we may have many callings. We don't need to decide "what to do," we only need to decide "what to do next."

My mother died 6 years ago. Before her death i only care about myself. But for since her death i have been taking care of my father full time. He has been suffering from a depression for 6 years, and he can't stay alone. That is my calling now because i am doing something that i am proud of.

If what is meant by 'my calling' is a job or an activity, then I'm not sure I've found it' yet. If it is self improvement, or soul work, then yes I've found it. I found it somewhat late in life, somewhat to my chagrin. But I reckon that's okay, because you can't really have a thing unless you first have NOT that thing.

I'm a leader volunteer with World Vision and my husband and I are headed to Zambia next month to meet one of our sponsored children. We're part of a new project of writing and photography designed to connect sponsors with their kids in that area and I firmly I was born to go on this trip.

After a letter from the father of one of our sponsored girls arrived, it has changed how I view child sponsorship - it went from being theoretical and removed to suddenly being an incredible answer to the poverty and injustice in the world. I no longer have to watch the news and feel helpless.

Not quite. I think I know and have yet to confirm it.

My intuition tells me that I'll be an excellent mother. I'm a nurturer and a caregiver. I really want to have a baby, hopefully two.

I could spend all day reading fashion and lifestyle blogs and magazines. Easily and happily. I crave music. I'm always listening to it or replaying it in my head. I'm more productive and even more imaginative than usual with it playing in the background. I love discovering new songs and artists I like. I also enjoy traveling.

Ideally, I'd combine these passions, see the world while doing it, and share the experience with other people either by showing them or writing about it. I just don't know how to do it.

I'll put it out to the universe now: How do I get there? Please show me how to get there.

I have certainly found my calling. It was a long and sometimes painful journey, but when I finally realized my calling in this world, I knew I was home (in a manner of speaking). It is still not an easy road to walk, but I can't imagine doing anything else.

I haven't found it, but I'm heading in that direction.

ha most definitely not. i really dont like my job, but at least im working towards doing something that i enjoy. just need about 6 more years of school :/

Have I found my calling? Yes. Quite a while ago.

@Silvin I couldn't agree more about how it makes you physically ill to see something wonderful into a tourist attraction. I had that exact feeling when i went to Chichen Itza in Mexico. As impressive as it was, it was ruined by the vendors who were everywhere trying to peddle goods.

As for me, i'd love to keep traveling, and spend the majority of my time writing screenplays and books.

my calling=being my kids' dad.

I think I'll find it once I graduate but I'm much to far in debt to back out now. Oh, the shackles of higher education.

oh my goodness golly, this is a wonderful question! well, especially because it pertains to my life right now...

I would be an actress who acts in all those wonderful independent films.... and theatre! Pretty much acting in anything I can... I would have a house here in California, and one in France (for specific reasons), I'd travel of course, be involved in as many nonprofit charities as I can, and just live each day as it comes. I realize that all of things are at least 50% doable which makes me wiggle my toes with happiness!

Traveling and exploring different places. Try my best to love every person I am in contact with. But I think there has to be a higher calling. Still searching.

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Zabedee

Have you found your calling?

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judacia

I know what I enjoy doing, whether or not I'm compensated for it. if I feel it gives myself a lift or somebody else, then I have the desire to do it.

Amanda

As we live through the stages of life we may have many callings. We don't need to decide "what to do," we only need to decide "what to do next."

Logan1931

My mother died 6 years ago. Before her death i only care about myself. But for since her death i have been taking care of my father full time. He has been suffering from a depression for 6 years, and he can't stay alone. That is my calling now because i am doing something that i am proud of.

Anamacha

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Pastor

I have certainly found my calling. It was a long and sometimes painful journey, but when I finally realized my calling in this world, I knew I was home (in a manner of speaking). It is still not an easy road to walk, but I can't imagine doing anything else.

zamfir

I haven't found it, but I'm heading in that direction.

ProRedBeard

ha most definitely not. i really dont like my job, but at least im working towards doing something that i enjoy. just need about 6 more years of school :/

Skippy

Have I found my calling? Yes. Quite a while ago.

Paddles

wadebrigade

my calling=being my kids' dad.

CourtMB

I think I'll find it once I graduate but I'm much to far in debt to back out now. Oh, the shackles of higher education.

MademoiselleGabrielle

kaitlin

Traveling and exploring different places. Try my best to love every person I am in contact with. But I think there has to be a higher calling. Still searching.

Have you found your calling?

I know what I enjoy doing, whether or not I'm compensated for it. if I feel it gives myself a lift or somebody else, then I have the desire to do it.

As we live through the stages of life we may have many callings. We don't need to decide "what to do," we only need to decide "what to do next."

My mother died 6 years ago. Before her death i only care about myself. But for since her death i have been taking care of my father full time. He has been suffering from a depression for 6 years, and he can't stay alone. That is my calling now because i am doing something that i am proud of.

I have certainly found my calling. It was a long and sometimes painful journey, but when I finally realized my calling in this world, I knew I was home (in a manner of speaking). It is still not an easy road to walk, but I can't imagine doing anything else.

I haven't found it, but I'm heading in that direction.

ha most definitely not. i really dont like my job, but at least im working towards doing something that i enjoy. just need about 6 more years of school :/

Have I found my calling? Yes. Quite a while ago.

my calling=being my kids' dad.

I think I'll find it once I graduate but I'm much to far in debt to back out now. Oh, the shackles of higher education.

Traveling and exploring different places. Try my best to love every person I am in contact with. But I think there has to be a higher calling. Still searching.

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